Patents by Inventor Makoto Akesaka
Makoto Akesaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8269464Abstract: An electronic device having a display section, which may include, a housing section configured to house a plurality of batteries, a detection section configured to detect status of each of the plurality of batteries housed in the housing section, a selection section configured to select part of the plurality of batteries for use as a power supply of the electronic device in accordance with the status detected by the detection section, and a display control section configured to display on the display section an indication identifying the part of the plurality of batteries.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Makoto Akesaka
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Publication number: 20080315840Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic device having a display section, which may include, a housing section configured to house a plurality of batteries, a detection section configured to detect status of each of the plurality of batteries housed in the housing section, a selection section configured to select part of the plurality of batteries for use as a power supply of the electronic device in accordance with the status detected by the detection section, and a display control section configured to display on the display section an indication identifying the part of the plurality of batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Makoto Akesaka
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Patent number: 7379115Abstract: A photocurrent corresponding to the intensity of the light from the subject which photocurrent is successively generated at predetermined intervals is converted into a voltage by being logarithmically compressed by a logarithmic compression circuit in a divisional cell of a metering sensor during the preliminary light emission of the flash immediately before the actual shooting. Then, the voltage level is outputted to a controller as an analog metering signal. The controller A/D converts the successively inputted analog metering signal to generate digital data corresponding to the BV value representative of the brightness of the subject under flash light, and stores the digital data into a RAM. Then, the controller calculates a subject distance for determining the light emission amount of the flash in the actual shooting by performing a digital calculation including an integration calculation of the BV values obtained under ambient light and under flash light.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Ichikawa, Makoto Akesaka
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Publication number: 20060127080Abstract: When a selector button is pressed in optical viewfinder mode, a display in live view mode is started. If the metered light value, measured focus detection result, and position information stored in the optical viewfinder mode are set so as to be reflected in the live view mode, exposure control is performed based on the stored metered light value and position information, and focusing is performed based on the stored focus detection result and position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Satoshi Yokota, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Makoto Akesaka, Kazumi Kageyama
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Patent number: 6978087Abstract: A disclosed photographing apparatus has a LCD display, a select member, and a controller. The display displays information about a photographic condition, in arbitrary display form using a dot-matrix. The select member selects one display mode among a plurality of display modes. In each mode of the plurality of display modes, display forms are different to each other, standard information required for photographing is displayed common to every display mode, and at least one information inherent to each display mode is displayed. The controller controls the display to display the display mode selected by the selector, and at a time of starting the camera, to display a display mode which has been displayed when the camera was previously switched off.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2004Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Reiji Seki, Makoto Akesaka, Hiroaki Minami, Tatsuya Suzuki, Reiko Yoshida, Masami Ohyama, Hirofusa Kondo
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Publication number: 20040223067Abstract: A disclosed photographing apparatus has a LCD display, a select member, and a controller. The display displays information about a photographic condition, in arbitrary display form using a dot-matrix. The select member selects one display mode among a plurality of display modes. In each mode of the plurality of display modes, display forms are different to each other, standard information required for photographing is displayed common to every display mode, and at least one information inherent to each display mode is displayed. The controller controls the display to display the display mode selected by the selector, and at a time of starting the camera, to display a display mode which has been displayed when the camera was previously switched off.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicant: MINOLTA CO., LTD.Inventors: Reiji Seki, Makoto Akesaka, Hiroaki Minami, Tatsuya Suzuki, Reiko Yoshida, Masami Ohyama, Hirofusa Kondo
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Patent number: 6760548Abstract: A disclosed photographing apparatus has a LCD display, a select member, and a controller. The display displays information about a photographic condition, in arbitrary display form using a dot-matrix. The select member selects one display mode among a plurality of display modes. In each mode of the plurality of display modes, display forms are different to each other, standard information required for photographing is displayed common to every display mode, and at least one information inherent to each display mode is displayed. The controller controls the display to display the display mode selected by the selector, and at a time of starting the camera, to display a display mode which has been displayed when the camera was previously switched off.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Reiji Seki, Makoto Akesaka, Hiroaki Minami, Tatsuya Suzuki, Reiko Yoshida, Masami Ohyama, Hirofusa Kondo
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Patent number: 6738577Abstract: A display device 70 having an organic luminescent element arranged at an object image-forming position of a finder optical system. Frames are formed by parts 31b, 32b, 33b of the negative electrode formed of non-transparent material, an organic electroluminescent material is laminated thereon on the eyepiece side, and a positive electrode formed of transparent material is superimposed thereon on the eyepiece side. Since the non-transparent negative electrodes 31b, 32b, 33b shield the light, the frames are recognized as black frames. When the periphery is dark, a voltage is applied between the electrodes causing the organic electroluminescent material to luminesce, such that the frame itself becomes brighter in display and is readily visible.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1999Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Maeda, Akihiko Fujino, Reiji Seki, Noriyuki Ishii, Makoto Akesaka, Satoshi Yokota
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Publication number: 20020025161Abstract: A disclosed photographing apparatus has a LCD display, a select member, and a controller. The display displays information about a photographic condition, in arbitrary display form using a dot-matrix. The select member selects one display mode among a plurality of display modes. In each mode of the plurality of display modes, display forms are different to each other, standard information required for photographing is displayed common to every display mode, and at least one information inherent to each display mode is displayed. The controller controls the display to display the display mode selected by the selector, and at a time of starting the camera, to display a display mode which has been displayed when the camera was previously switched off.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventors: Reiji Seki, Makoto Akesaka, Hiroaki Minami, Tatsuya Suzuki, Reiko Yoshida, Masami Ohyama, Hirofusa Kondo